alias
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From Latin alias (“‘at another time; in post-Augustan period, at another time or place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise’”), feminine accusative plural of alius (“‘other’”). See else and alien.
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alias (not comparable)
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- (law) Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called. (Used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.)
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alias (plural aliases)
- Another name; an assumed name.
- (law) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
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another name; an assumed name
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to alias (third-person singular simple present aliases, present participle aliasing, simple past and past participle aliased)
- (computing) To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
[edit] External links
- alias in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- alias in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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alias
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alias m. (plural aliases)
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